This is one of a number of articles I intend to re-blog opposing Wikipedia editorial policy that promotes “the complete erasure of living, breathing, autistic human beings and their experiences from the world’s largest encyclopedia”.
When non-speaking autistics are given tools and choices for ways to communicate, to express themselves, they are empowered to become the authors of their own narratives. In doing so, the power to own someone else’s story and control the autonomy of non-speakers is removed from institutions, systems, and individuals. Because of this, corporations, “charities,” and…
Source: wikipedia.org Article on Amy Sequenzia (5 minute read)
